Record stores in New Westminster
Record shops reward the patient digger. New Westminster, British Columbia has 4 mapped right now. That's 4 record shops mapped around New Westminster. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. Check the grading before you pay — a visual grade and a play grade are two different things.
This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around New Westminster (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Groove Cat and Neil Douglas Guitar Shop, plus Sunrise Records. If a record shop's missing from New Westminster's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The New Westminster record lineup
4 in New Westminster, plus 23 more around New Westminster below:
Groove Cat
Record store1.3 km from New Westminster
Groove Cat — Record store on 775 Sixth Street. Also worth knowing about Groove Cat: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
775 Sixth Street
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Neil Douglas Guitar Shop
Record store1.8 km from New Westminster
Neil Douglas Guitar Shop — Record store, found on 829 Twelfth Street in New Westminster. Also worth knowing about Neil Douglas Guitar Shop: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 12:00-17:30; Sa 10:30-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
829 Twelfth Street, New Westminster
Hours: Tu-Fr 12:00-17:30; Sa 10:30-17:00
Phone: +1-604-525-8512
Sunrise Records
Record store6.7 km from New Westminster
Sunrise Records is Record store on 4700 Kingsway, Burnaby. Sunrise Records also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4700 Kingsway, Burnaby
Phone: +1-604-423-5684
Sunrise Records
Record store8.0 km from New Westminster
Sunrise Records is Record store.
What the map tells us about record stores in New Westminster
2 of the 4 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
3 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
Most of the record stores in New Westminster list a phone number. Useful for asking what's just come into the used bins.
The New Westminster record crawl
The efficient New Westminster record crawl strings these together: Groove Cat on 775 Sixth Street, Neil Douglas Guitar Shop on 829 Twelfth Street, Sunrise Records on 4700 Kingsway, and Sunrise Records — 4 stops, one logical order.
Record digging tips for New Westminster
A few things worth knowing before you work through New Westminster's record stores:
- Check the vinyl, not just the sleeve at Groove Cat. Slide it out (carefully, by the edges) and look at it in good light. Sleeves lie; vinyl doesn't.
- Hit the new-arrivals bin first at Neil Douglas Guitar Shop. That's where fresh stock lands before anyone else sees it. The good stuff rarely survives the week.
- Check Discogs before big purchases. A quick price check on your phone keeps everyone honest — you and the shop.
- Go often, dig briefly. Short frequent visits beat rare expeditions. Fifteen minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly dig.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around New Westminster — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new record store in New Westminster can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 4 that's closed, or a great record store we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't list prices or stock — both change by the day. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 4 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Worth the trip: more record stores around New Westminster
23 more within about 25 km of New Westminster — here are the 15 nearest:
Rick Roll Records
Record store10.9 km from New Westminster
Rick Roll Records is Record store on 4251 Hastings Street. Rick Roll Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-18:00; Su 12:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4251 Hastings Street, V5C 2J5
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-18:00; Su 12:00-16:00
Phone: +1-604-620-9525
Apollo Music
Used record store11.3 km from New Westminster
Apollo Music is Used record store on 2206 Tyner Street, Port Coquitlam. Apollo Music also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu 12:00-17:00, We 12:00-22:00, Th-Sa 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
2206 Tyner Street, Port Coquitlam, V3C 2Z1
Hours: Mo-Tu 12:00-17:00, We 12:00-22:00, Th-Sa 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1-778-285-9544
Super Star Music Centre
Record store12.0 km from New Westminster
Super Star Music Centre — Record store, found on 2800 East 1st Avenue in Vancouver.
2800 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver
Loewen Piano House
Record store12.8 km from New Westminster
Loewen Piano House — Record store, found on 12351 Bridgeport Road in Richmond.
12351 Bridgeport Road, Richmond
Audiopile Records
Record store13.3 km from New Westminster
Audiopile Records is Record store on 2016 Commercial Drive. Audiopile Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
2016 Commercial Drive
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-19:00
Painted Lady Records
Record store13.6 km from New Westminster
Painted Lady Records is Record store on 1470 Commercial Drive, Vancouver.
1470 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Highlife World Music
Record store13.7 km from New Westminster
Highlife World Music — Record store, found on 1317 Commercial Drive in Vancouver. Also worth knowing about Highlife World Music: the map lists its hours as Tu-Th 13:00-17:00; Fr,Su 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1317 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Hours: Tu-Th 13:00-17:00; Fr,Su 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-18:00
Phone: +1-604-251-6964
Red Cat Records
Record store14.5 km from New Westminster
Red Cat Records — Record store on 4386 Main Street. Also worth knowing about Red Cat Records: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:30-18:30; Sa 10:30-18:30; Su 11:30-18:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4386 Main Street, V5V 3P9
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:30-18:30; Sa 10:30-18:30; Su 11:30-18:30
Phone: +16047089422
Neptoon Records
Record store14.7 km from New Westminster
Neptoon Records is Record store on 3561 Main Street, Vancouver. Neptoon Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:30-18:30; Jan 1 off; Dec 25 off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3561 Main Street, Vancouver, V5V 3N4
Hours: Mo-Su 11:30-18:30; Jan 1 off; Dec 25 off
Phone: +1 604 324 1229
Tapestry Music
Record store15.1 km from New Westminster
Tapestry Music is Record store on 2705 Main Street. Tapestry Music also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2705 Main Street
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +1-604-736-3036
Piano Superstore
Record store16.4 km from New Westminster
Piano Superstore is Record store.
Tom Lee Music
Record store16.4 km from New Westminster
Tom Lee Music — Record store, found on 150-3631 Number 3 Road in Richmond.
150-3631 Number 3 Road, Richmond
Vinyl Records
Record store16.5 km from New Westminster
Vinyl Records — Record store, found on 44 Water Street in Vancouver. Also worth knowing about Vinyl Records: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 12:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
44 Water Street, Vancouver, V6B 1A4
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-18:00
Beat Street Records
Record store16.9 km from New Westminster
Beat Street Records — Record store on 439 West Hastings Street. Also worth knowing about Beat Street Records: the map lists its hours as Su-Tu 10:00-18:00; We-Th 10:00-19:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-20:00; it has a website with more detail.
439 West Hastings Street, V6B 1L4
Hours: Su-Tu 10:00-18:00; We-Th 10:00-19:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-20:00
Tom Lee Music
Record store17.2 km from New Westminster
Tom Lee Music — Record store, found on 728 Granville Street in Vancouver. Also worth knowing about Tom Lee Music: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 10:00-17:00.
728 Granville Street, Vancouver, V6Z 1E4
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 10:00-17:00
Record store listings for New Westminster: 4 in New Westminster and 23 more nearby mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.